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The Role of Nonprofit Institutes in Pharmaceutical Development
When I describe to friends and colleagues what I do for a living, I typically get a response like, “So, you are really no different than a pharmaceutical company.” Exactly. And not at all. SRI International has played a major role in the development of therapeutics for a wide range of diseases over the years…
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SRI’s Unique Innovation Charter
Innovation is one of those words greatly in danger of overuse and exaggeration. These days, you hear the term mentioned in almost every corner of industry and even in reference to culture, society, and our personal lives. At SRI, we don’t use the word “innovation” lightly. We have a clear and crisp definition for what…
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Let’s Get Real about Our Future Energy Supply
Energy supply is perhaps the largest global problem facing us today, yet the public is largely unaware of the scale of the problem. Meeting the future global demand for energy is a daunting challenge and will affect the lives of billions of people. Therefore, the public must engage in making decisions to determine how we…
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Meet Lola, a Virtual Personal Assistant for Banking
We are very excited to publicly announce the Lola project, and the future of Virtual Personal Assistants for banking. This project, which we’ve been working on with BBVA for several years now, is the first application of what we see as the next generation of virtual personal assistant technology beyond Siri.
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The Cell’s Fuel Sensor and Cancer
Imagine a pile of a bright white powder weighing about 120 kg—if you’re an average-sized, healthy adult, that powder represents the total amount of a fuel molecule called ATP that you use every day for routine activity; indeed, for life itself. Recent work in SRI’s Cancer Biology Program indicates that an enzyme that regulates ATP—the cell’s fuel…
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SRI Licenses and Ventures: the Keys to Our Success
In the last 17 years, SRI has earned more than $200 million in gross royalty and equity value from our licensing and venture portfolio. We have started more than 50 ventures with four IPOs—with a total market capitalization that exceeds $29 billion, and with many successful private company exits, most notably, Siri. We are known for being an engine…
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The first-down marker: How technology changed the game
The technology behind the line combines pattern recognition with augmented reality to deliver real-time game information for TV viewers.
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Arecibo Planetary Radar Looks at Asteroids That Safely Pass the Earth
Between the Russian meteor and the close flyby of asteroid 2012 DA14, the cosmic lightshow of February 15, 2013 reminds us to keep observing newly discovered asteroids in space. Arecibo Observatory has the most sensitive asteroid-tracking and imaging radar on Earth. The coincidence of the near-miss of asteroid 2012 DA14 and the meteor that injured more than…